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A Mescalero man has been sentenced to 51 months in federal prison for a violent assault that left a victim with serious injuries.
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Trinitarios gang member charged with possession of UZI machinegun

A Lawrence man has been charged in federal court with possession of a machinegun.
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Las Cruces man receives seven-year sentence for drug possession after fleeing police

A Las Cruces man has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for possessing methamphetamine and fentanyl following an attempt to evade arrest.
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Honduran national faces federal charge for illegal reentry after prior deportations

A Honduran national, Rigoberto Osorio-Merlo, appeared in court in Las Vegas to face charges of illegally reentering the United States after being previously deported.
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Southbridge man pleads guilty to role in Central Massachusetts cocaine conspiracy

A Southbridge resident has admitted to participating in a cocaine distribution conspiracy in Central Massachusetts.
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Norfolk man sentenced to 15 years for drug trafficking and firearms offenses

A Norfolk man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for his involvement in drug trafficking and firearms offenses.
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Maryland men sentenced for stealing nearly $1 million using stolen identities

A Maryland man has been sentenced to over two years in prison for participating in a scheme that defrauded financial institutions of at least $930,000 using stolen identities.
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Baltimore County woman pleads guilty to impersonating nurses using stolen credentials

A Baltimore County woman has pleaded guilty to charges related to impersonating nurses and aggravated identity theft.
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Grayson County man indicted for illegal machine gun possession

A Grayson County resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Texas for possessing a machine gun.
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District woman pleads guilty to assaulting ex-U.S. attorney and marshals

Emily Gabriella Sommer, a 32-year-old resident of the District of Columbia, has pleaded guilty to three counts of assaulting a government official.
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Hartford man convicted on federal firearm charges following convenience store altercation

A federal jury in Bridgeport has found Morris Carter III, also known as “Mo,” guilty of firearm offenses.
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Two men plead guilty to kidnapping toddler during dispute over missing guns

Two men have pleaded guilty to kidnapping a two-year-old child in St. Louis County, Missouri, as part of an effort to recover missing firearms.
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Rhode Island fire marshal charged with multiple child exploitation offenses

A federal indictment has been filed against Jeffrey Almond, 41, the Fire Marshal for Lincoln, Rhode Island.
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Whitley County man receives 35-year prison term for child exploitation offenses

Joel J. McClure, a 38-year-old resident of Columbia City, Indiana, has been sentenced to 420 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to sexual exploitation of children.
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El Dorado man receives over 10 years for distributing child sexual abuse materials

A Kansas man from El Dorado has been sentenced to 126 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to distributing child sexual abuse materials.
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Stamford man sentenced for role in southwestern Connecticut narcotics trafficking ring

A Stamford resident, Danny Turkvan, also known as “Smooth,” has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for his role in a narcotics trafficking operation in southwestern Connecticut.
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Two men sentenced for international money laundering linked to Boston-based drug network

Two men were sentenced in federal court in Boston for their roles in an international money laundering and drug trafficking operation.
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Gunman sentenced for role in multiple inside-job robberies at Chinatown Walgreens

Kamanye Williams, 26, of Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to 16.5 years in federal prison for his involvement as the gunman in a series of seven inside-job robberies at a Walgreens store located in Chinatown.
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Three men charged for distributing counterfeit pharmaceuticals through online network

Three men from Alabama, Georgia, and Missouri have been arrested in connection with an alleged international drug trafficking ring that distributed counterfeit pharmaceuticals across the United States.
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Huntington man sentenced for role in COVID-19 PPP loan fraud

William Powell, a 35-year-old resident of Huntington, West Virginia, was sentenced to six months of home detention followed by three years of supervised release.
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